NITCHIE, Leslie Hector
| Service Number: | 2426 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ashby State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2426, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2426, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2426, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2426 Pte. Leslie Hector Nitchie 23rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Pozieres 4 August 1916, age 23, only two weeks after his older brother 146 James Louis Nitchie 60th Battalion was killed in action at Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916.
Age 23. They were the sons of Louis and Clara Nitchie, of 49, Spring Street, Geelong, Victoria.
Four other brothers served, 235 Pte Harold Montague Nitchie, 60th Battalion, returned to Australia, 12 March 1918; 3402 Pte Harry Gordon Nitchie, 1st Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 30 April 1919; 1376 Pte Rudolph Nitchie, Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force, returned to Australia, 5 August 1919 and 3879 Private William Charles Nitchie 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, returned to Australia 13 April 1919.